Improvement in furniture-drawers



J. W. WARTH.

Improvement -in Furniture-Drawers.

Pate nted July 16,1872.

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UNITED STATES JOHN w. WARTH, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN FURNlTURE-DRAWER S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 129,37 7, dated July16, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. WARTH, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Drawers; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part ofthis specification, in which drawing- Figure l is a longitudinalvertical central section of this invention. Fig. 2 is a transversesection of the same taken in the line a: m, Fig. 1, and looking in thedirection of the arrow opposite to that line. Fig. 3 is a moditicationof a part ofmy invention.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to drawers for desks, bureaus, &c., and alsomoney-tills; and it consists in the arrangement of a guide-piece beneaththe drawer bottom, said guide-piece sliding on a guide-rod securedhorizontally in the frame beneath said drawer in the direction of itslength, one end of said rod catching in a flanged box arranged upon thefront part oftheframe, and its opposite end being held by a small di'skplaced over the hole in the rear of the franie, through which it ispassed in such a manner that when said drawer is shoved in and out saidrod and guide-piece will effectually prevent any jogging or bolting onthe part of the same, and will cause it to slide in a free and easymanner.

In the drawing, the letterA designates a frame which is arranged in abureau, desk, or any suitable articleto which my invention is applied,on the front and rear of which frame are cross-pieces B B, the frontpiece B being provided with a suitable cavity at or near the middlethereof to receive a dovetailed castiron box, Q, which is furtherprovided with a flange, a, that catches over the top of the frame, asseen in Fig. 1 of the drawing, and thus the box 0 is firmly held inposition. This box is further prevented from dropping out of the frameby a rod, D, that is passed through the rear cross-piece B, and whoseend 12 is provided with a screw-thread that screws into a socket in thesaid box 0 on the front of the frame. After the rod D has been suitablysecured, a disk, -c, is placed over the hole in the rear cross-piece B,through which the said rod has been passed, which disk serves to preventthe rod from working itself out of the frame. The rod D further servesas a guidepiece, E, consisting in this example of a piece of sheet metalsuitably bent and secured to a projection'on the rear end of a drawer,F, in any suitable manner, said rod being passed through a small hole inthe guide-piece E before it is secured in the frame. WVhen the drawer Fis shoved in and out the guide-piece E will slide on the rod D and willcause the drawer to slide in a straight line and prevent any variationfrom a direct course. My drawer possesses the further advantage of notbeing allowed to drop out of the frame, as, when the guide-piece reachesthe box 0, it forms a barrier to its egress. Instead of the guide-pieceE I can use, if desirable, an eyebolt, G, as shown in Fig. 3, with thesame result.

I do not claim guiding a drawer in and out by means of a bar rigidly anddirectly secured upon the under side of the bottom of the drawer, saidbar being formed with a groove within which fits a tongue formed upon abar extending across the frame which supports the drawer, for such isnot new; but- What I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

l. The guide-piece E sliding on the guide rod D, in combination with thedrawer F and frame A, substantially as described.

2. The flanged box 0 and disk 0, in combination with the rod D,guide-piece E, the drawer, and with the frame A, substantially asdescribed.

This specification signed by me this 14th day of June, 1872.

I JOHN W. WARTH. Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

